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The 1960s were an age of fashion innovation for women. The early 1960s gave birth to drainpipe jeans and capri pants, a style popularized by Audrey Hepburn. [6] Casual dress became more unisex and often consisted of plaid button down shirts worn with slim blue jeans, comfortable slacks, or skirts.
Manfred Thierry Mugler (French pronunciation: [manfʁɛd tjɛʁi myɡlɛʁ]; 21 December 1948 – 23 January 2022) was a French fashion designer, creative director and creative adviser of Mugler. In the 1970s, Mugler launched his eponymous fashion house; and quickly rose to prominence in the following decades for his avant-garde, architectural ...
Carolina Herrera (born María Carolina Josefina Pacanins y Niño; 8 January 1939 [2]) is a Venezuelan fashion designer [3] known for her personal style, [4] and for dressing various First Ladies of the United States, including Jacqueline Onassis, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Melania Trump. [5][6]
Occupation (s) Fashion designer, milliner, business tycoon. Known for. Founding fashion house Guy Laroche. Guy Laroche cyclamen pink wool minidress, 1968. Rare jumpwatch designed by Laroche. Guy Laroche (French pronunciation: [ɡi laʁɔʃ]) (16 July 1921 – 17 February 1989 [1]) was a French fashion designer and founder of the eponymous company.
Kenzo Takada was born in Japan and moved to Paris in 1964 to start his fashion career. [3] He then became known for using Asian influenced style with the construction of European fashion. He started with a 'Jungle Jap' boutique located at Galerie Vivienne and decorated in jungle inspired interior. He began with handmade women's clothing ...
The purpose was to introduce the Hermès brand to a new set of consumers. As one fashion-sector observer noted: "Much of what bears the still-discreet Hermès label changed from the object of an old person's nostalgia to the subject of young peoples' dreams." [5] However, Dumas's change-of-image created outrage both within and outside of the firm.
Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help from her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon. After the original company closed in 1975, Biba was relaunched several times, independently of Hulanicki. As of 2024 it was a brand of the House of Fraser.
Miu Miu was established in 1992 by Miuccia Prada. [1] The name was conceived from Miuccia Prada's family nickname. [3] It was publicly launched in 1993, with a cowgirl-themed collection of fringed suede jackets and patchwork prairie skirts. [4] Starting in 1994, the brand showed its collections in the US for three seasons. [5]